Ronald Reagan and George Bush Debate, April 23, 1980
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- Full Title: Ronald Reagan and George Bush Debate from Houston, Texas, April 23, 1980
Creator(s): President (1981-1989 : Reagan). White House Communications Agency. 1/20/1981-1/20/1989 (Most Recent)
Series: Video Recordings, 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989
Collection: Records of the White House Communications Agency (WHCA) (Reagan Administration), 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989
Transcript:
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Production Date: 4/23/1980
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Contact(s): Ronald Reagan Library (LP-RR), 40 Presidential Drive, Simi Valley, CA 93065-0600
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National Archives Identifier:566220
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The most strange thing that they are both dead and Carter still alive
Gotta agree and carter was president before them two. Must be really healthy.
SMH!!!!
@@thomasjones4306 and he’s still building houses!
Ronald abs Bush were also older than Carter.
@moaz realF- Which only reinforces the old saying: "Bad Grass Never Dies."
Better candidates, better moderator, better audience.... No wonder people are nostalgic for the past!
Well, you can't be nostalgic about the future... but I get your point
Difrent candidats
Bush is moderator ....reagan is moore hard
In these time the cold war
In these time de urss is moore agresive but in 85 year whit gorvachov is difrent momemt of the urss and eeuu
Bush is like "You can be my wingman anytime" Reagan is like "bullshit you can be mine".
Slider still stinks! :)
Who was William Buckley going for? Lol
@@roughhabit9085 Reagan Buckley not a fan of New World Order
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wow, we actually had adults running for president.
VP Bush Sr tried to assassinate President Reagan in 1981.... POS thing to do.
George h w bush was a major criminal. I'm tired of these people saying I don thg like trump's tone. Did a much better job as president than bush by far
Indeed, Anthony Delossantos!~
As opposed to your and my president Trump and a nation of feminized men.
@@RDO-tw4qn show evidence of it i call B.S.
Remarkable. A civil, intelligent debate between two articulate and well-informed people who had the best interests of their country at heart. We definitely don't see that anymore. I am a Democrat, but I came away from this debate impressed by both Reagan and Bush and I wish that modern politicians shared their passion for our country.
It was scripted for those times.
@@Illstatevid Are you lying?
@Grig Van If I'm a politician. I'm lying
It was not civil
I am still learning about reaganomics and just discover a new one bidenomics in2023,I did not know economics went on and on.
They actually talk about real issues? Unheard of today
They talk about real issues today but no one cares cause they just want their stupid special gender names on their ID because for some
Reason they need the government to validate them.
I know! Not red herrings and lies about white supremacy and putting people in cages.
@@queenpurple8433 haha
Man, Reagan was so clean in this debate
He always was
As a Chechnian, I respect mr. Reagan
Wow this is fascinating. So much more polite and the candidates actually discuss specific policies, numbers, data etc. and this has to be because the population is better informed with an overall better education. Now reflect on what is different in society and why this must be.
The things discussed at a debate or in a candidate's platform have tenuous links to how people vote. This was one intimate venue and not the entire electorate, after all. I think the cultural shift is real, but I don't think it's because people were better educated or better informed in 1980. I think it's the incentives of the media, and the development of strategy.
In terms of personal reaction, seeing Bush calmly discuss how he was worried that his opponent would lower taxes by too much made me think it's a no-brainer that he lost.
Bush can try to sound smart. But he was a major criminal that did every poor job as president. Would take trump anyday over bush
Our liberal media and democrat party today are horrible people, don't blame the good common people of today for their actions. that's what they want you to do!.
@@Rickswars I believe it's more complicated than that.
I wouldn't say it's liberal media specifically but most of the media in general. With the rise of clickbait content in the age of internet oversaturation, news articles seemed less intent on reporting the truth and more intent on getting clicks.
There's also the problem of absolute tribalism propagated by similar media outlets, social media outrage, and of course, the fact that Trump is currently the only representative of the Republican party despite being the most polarizing figure of this generation. This causes Republicans who don't even necessarily agree with him to feel as though they must support him, since the alternative is not supporting Republicans at all.
Yes the deliberation of those running Presidents in US is healthy and educational to learn in video especially here in PH now that policies here are getting conventional that we are in multi party system here. It promotes growth and development especially the youth!
The fact that they wanna hear what the other candidate has to say is so refreshing.
A time when the moderator was actually doing their job
That’s wasn’t biased if he was he didn’t show it today they are political activists
Reagan was sharp and factual. I can see why people voted for him. So likable. Poor George. His policy would have been better, but he didnt have the "it" factor.
Bush didn't have the courage to stick with the principles Reagan had. He was supposed to continue the policies, and rebuild our economy after all we spent rebuilding the military and bringing down communism. He raised taxes instead, bc dems promised to cut spending, of course never did, and it ruined the plan and cost him a 2nd term.
@@sandyjuntunen4088 Don't disagree. Thus we got Bubba
I would agree too! Reagen was sharp.. actually so was Bush but he seemed abit out of touch? Carter was a phony, by all his accounts he didnt know what he was doing half of the time..
Bush Sr. was a good President but I believe his worst mistake was the promise of "No new taxes" as while he was definitely riding Reagan's ungodly popularity at the time, he had managed to make many who voted for him in 1988 to feel betrayed by 1992
Reagan was a straight PIMP! He busted out the baby powder, sprinkled it on his right hand, and proceeded to show Bish Sr. that his pimp-hand was WAY strong, metaphorically speaking.
My god. What happened to the GOP. They had Reagan and Bush at the same time running.
And yet the best the other party has today is a guy that falls up the stairs, needs a teleprompter and has no idea where he is.
What happened to the Dems? They have a senile zombie in the white house.
WOW! We actually had real reporters, asking real relevant questions. Who would thought, that could be possible???
After seeing that monstrosity of a so called "debate" we had yesterday it is sad that we cannot get back to this. Please we need debates like this again.
Same clown show different presentation. George Washington said political parties were dangerous, and he was right. These two men laid the foundation of what we are now.
Impossible, but I much corrupted politicians
Closest thing we got was glenn youngkins debates
I agree. But with media gurus who insert themselves into the debate, we'd never have honesty again.
It was caused by Trump.
Wow, a substantive, respectful debate of the issues between two intelligent people. We’ve fallen a long way.
Public and journalistic standards have fallen
One thing they both had in their favor is they didn't have to deal with Jim Acosta.
Jim Acosta is a giant didlod.
Amazing documentary. Thanks for sharing. Regards from Tony, Sydney, Australia.
IN MY life time only men were men... and this was how they argued.
Are you dead? Because if you’re not, then your post is factually inaccurate.
This is the kind of presidential debate I want to see.
How where people expected to watch a debate without dancing graphics and running commentary at the bottom of the screen?
Both are good debaters
But Governor Reagan has
The advantage
Politicians used to be really smart!
It's great to be able to go back in time and watch two US presidents and legends in the politial world have a good intelligent debate. God bless both these wonderful men and former presidents. They are both looking down from heaven and wondering what happened to our country with jaws agape! RIP Bush and Reagan!
@Larry David Yup!! Exactly!!
Correction: RIP Reagan. NWO Deepstate Criminal Bush RIH.
HA HA HA ........That's hilarious. It's truly incredible how people like yourself can be so totally wrong and mislead . The Bush family are prolific criminals and have been for generations. Both Sam Bush & Prescott Bush made a fortune during both world wars. Sam selling weapons to both sides and Prescott banking with the Nazis and exploiting POW in the concentration camps. You will also not that when both Bush's became President ( there were Wars). The very opposite is true of GHW Bush - he's in Hell , right next to Lucifer where he belongs!!!!
Wow!!!an actual debate!!!what have we become?
The world will burn if Joe Biden becomes POTUS.
Merry Christmas!
Amazing isn't it...
@@tommyodonovan3883 got some news for you...
Thank you for keeping the comments open to viewers.
Either of these gentlemen would be a100% better president than what we now have with Let's Go Brandon..
Reagan = Absolutely. Bush = Better economy but more NWO endless wars.
Both of them did become president. And they both were better than the clown show we have today.
Bush made a lot of sense, but Reagan was clearly the more personable candidate who knew how to connect with the audience. Charisma matters.
WOW.....Ronald Reagan and George Bush actually yelling at each other!
Sure, but they were both bigger than their disagreements and knew how to put differences behind them. I'd be curious to see if Bush won the nomination though, would Reagan be the running mate?
Thank God that didn’t occur. Read my lips, no new taxes Bush singlehandedly derailed the Reagan Revolution.
Ronald Reagan was Bush’s puppet
@@broadstreet21 well to be truthful Reagan needed to win
@@Baczkowa78 What are you smoking? Bush had to eat some crow to become VP.
Real gentlemen talking about real issues that matters to real people! What a contrast to today's world!
Two of the worst presidents in American history
@@xp8969 How can you say that given what's happened over the last 4 years?
@@asjason Trump was terrible but nowhere near as many people died because of his policies as did because of the policies of Reagan and Bush, and Bush's son was even worse than them combined, it can be very easy for people to get distracted by the volume of Trump's obnoxiousness and forget about how far much worse evil was conducted more quietly by worse presidents in the past
@@xp8969 Agreed Bushes we're / are evil. Trump is simply a mixed bag with nothing near the bad intent of the Bush / Clinton regimes who pretend to be on opposite sides.
We need a Reagan of our own to save us !
Trump!!!
This is truly the way a debate should be held. Notice there were no time constraints and that they had both agreed to that in the beginning. Now if you want to see an even more civil debate, look up the 1960 Kennedy/Nixon debate which was the 1st debate ever televised. It's even more civil as the two of them continuously compliment eachother and they're from different parties in that one.
The difference between this debate and what we saw between August 2015 and March 2016 is so sad :(
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@@laurieb.8049 He did a bad job at it also it's your comment is completely off topic
@@ZekeorSomething I couldn't find a spot to put my topic so I just went here. I changed the topic heehee!! Trump is WORKING HARD FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE! DONT U KNOW!??
hmmm
Biden will take your house
Take your car,higer gas prices,property tax,,higher all taxes
Take your possessions,,guns ammo,etc,,take all your freedoms,,mandate vaccines,,,and bring in communism& socialism wich where we are ummm right about now! How u like him so far?? Kamala sucks2!
@@vaoline because as much as I like trump for 4 more years,,I havent had a vaccine in over 20 yrs& I'm not about to start now! It takes years to come up with a vaccine u think imma get pricked with that!! TRUMP 4 MORE YRS VACCINES NO THANKS!! IM NOT SICK I TAKE VITAMINS,, I'm not getting a chip embedded thru my skin,read about fauci& gates hes not even a dr! Many TRUMP FANS WHO WILL NOT TAKE VACCINES,,THEY ALL TOXIC,,TELL ME HOW U FEEL AFTER U GET IT🤣🤣😵😵
Nobody is on their cell phone tweeting that they are at the debate and begging for “likes”.
Well, pretty hard to tweet during the 80s
@@Onomatophobias Yes Einstein that was my point. Was better then without the ability to tweet.
The most interesting and appreciative of the intellectual debate for the presidential race is that the publicist not clapping unnecessarily in a biased manner and if clapping, clapping on a certain point on merit basis understanding the situation well. This is the basic difference between them and us and perhaps the difference of democracy of the two countries as well . I am feeling blessed to hear this fruitful debate between two great personalities the world has produced.I wish to salute here to both here .🙏🙏🙏
Read the public in lieu of publicist appearing here in typo .
By far the two best presidents during my lifetime span, this far. Reagan and Bush 41 are both in my top 10 among all the 46 presidents.
Some of the best presidents of American existence
Reagan as president was a good actor, the king of idle talk. While he deceived the poor and the middle class with his soft talk, and impoverished them, the rich became richer and richer at their expense.
These 2 are class. I wish they would do this today!!
I don’t know if I want to see two dead guys running for presid… oh wait, we already HAVE a dead President in the White House 😂
The good old days competent people
My God!
People used to say that Reagan was unable to articulate any issues coherently.
Nevertheless, I watched him during the primaries and the debates with Carter.
He was for from being an ignorant -- and comparing with Trump, he was an Einstein.
How did the US of A elected Trump? Was people in the 80s more rational and intelligent than in 2016?
You can see why these two men made such a wonderful team. Can you imagine what another term of Carter/Mondale would have done to this country?
Yes and we are seeing that damage being done nowadays
this is one of the best debates in the US history by the two great former presidents, we are able to know what is the true debating, not insulting or humiliating.
each candidate had foresight to settle down the current situation, which was formed by the careful consideration in each perspective. and that revealed in their's dialogue naturally.
Up to 12:56
Reagan was a fuckin legend.
Yep! H. W. Bush was from the high brow, Ivy League elite. It drove him crazy Ronald Reagan came from a disadvantaged background, was educated at Eureka College, and wasn’t part of “ the set”
❤ how civilized! It's like a breath of fresh air from the past! Thank you God that we still have this stuff that gives us hope!
It’s funny hearing Bush quote Art Laffer as an authority on tax cuts leading to increased deficits when his Laffer Curve ultimately shows that’s not always the case. I can’t remember whether the Laffer Curve was solidified during the Reagan administration, which would be an explanation of why he was quoted as being uncertain in this debate, as I wasn’t born yet, but just an observation of how history can unfold.
Also what made a big difference here was the media.
10:46 Ronald Reagan spot on!!
I remember when Reagan got elected. Within a month I almost doubled my salary and got something like a $500 rebate for that year 😅
My favorite primary debate of all-time
It's clear why Bush was a 1-term President and why Reagan was reelected in a landslide. History proves Reagan to be correct on the issues. Which is another reason why Reagan always tops the lists of the most popular &/or best Presidents in history.
I'm confused. Was this before the primaries? I'm sure this was, bcoz why would Reagan argue with his future running partner?
The primaries were in progress. It's April. The nominating convention would be in July. As the presenter mentioned, Bush had just won more than half the delegates in Pennsylvania, but Reagan was already handily ahead. But, there were 24 state contests left to go, including delegate-rich California where Reagan had a huge advantage, still being pretty popular as the former governor.
@distantvoices well kamala Harris is a piece of trash just like Biden they are corrupt communist and criminals
@distantvoices What does the have to do with the topic?
You're some kind of stupid. This was in April and they were still deciding who the Party's candidate would be.
Bush...."but I do want to give the Governor a chance to respond"... imagine that.... not interrupting or shouting down the other person
Both of them want to hear each other.. respect.. when America had some dignity
RIP
Reagan kicked ass just like he did with Carter
love this channel wish i was 10 again
@biggs949597 s Left wing is great.
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OMG! This is true debate with so much mutual respect. When did we get out of this type of debate and respecting each other? The candidates also knew about the subject inside out. I want to go back to this.
Reagan was right that the massive tax cuts increased revenues ... Bush was right that the deficit increased ... what history shows those deficits were increased by increased spending - not cutting taxes. No one ever talks about cutting spending across the board. Reagan talked about it a lot when he took office but how much spending was really cut?
Reagan eventually scrapped cutting the deficit since his tax cuts stimulated growth in the economy. People seemed not to mind at the time hence his re-election and bush’s win in 1988. Eventually it became too much and it cost bush by 1992.
Watching this after the 2020 debates just feels like we lost the ability to be decent to one another.
We? You mean Trump
HELLLLOOOO! LOL
There's only one person you're referring to and it ain't Biden
@@jared1964 Nah it's two. Biden was a shitshow during the debates as well.
@@offscreen6578 nah
Debates are great until everyone started attacking Trump personally
Apparently you've never heard Trump talk, he built his entire campaign on making personal insults and coming up with catchy but absolutely childish nicknames to disparage his opponents
@@xp8969
Apparently you never noticed that every time Trump got nasty he was retaliating to an equally nasty attack on himself.
He never could resist the urge to defend himself (even when it was unwise).
Moral: If you don't wanna lose to a bigger gun, don't draw your weapon.
@@jamiebowles4588 so you're dyslexic, got it 😂
Great debate. Bring this back
Back then 63K federal employees. Now close to or about 1.8M. Problematic.
Wow!!
A shame he s gone now,,makes you wanna just vote 4 him right then&there right???
Two of the worst presidents in American history
I remember at that time when he said there you go again
What snapped my attention was in the beginning when GW Bush said "I want to give the Governor a chance to respond". You would NEVER see that kind of civil behavior now in a debate. They would be busy yelling over each other....oh and NOT giving any actual facts about their plans...just attacking each other :|.
And what do they do later? They put their ideas together and serve as president and vice president.
I'm viewing this video on Saturday, April 13th, 2024. Former President Carter is still alive at 99 years old.
Gentlemen, both.
11:00
Allowance for George W Bush!
Can't believe that someone didn't pick that up in the 2000 campaign.
It was an analogy you dimwit
Taxes were always Bush's weak point ...
And his sons! But only because he consistently lied about them.
Plus murdering Kennedy and orchestrating 9/11
Always been the same old lies
Bush was the better candidate. Reagan was the better actor..
Two of the worst presidents in American history
@@xp8969 Obama and Biden? BY FAR! Democrats are sht
It has been years since I saw this on TV. I must say that it is rather interesting. Reagan and Bush, to my knowledge were never friends but they are taking the party way here and being nice to one another. Reagan must have found some reason later on to bring Bush in, which I wish he had never done. The Bush dynasty way back to Bushe's father, then later we will get "W" which brought our country down to the depths more than any Democrat ever dreamed of (except for several whacky ones that are now in the 2016-2020's years.)
Anyway, I'll leave the Bush Dynasty dark things go by. I wish debates would be more civil and less hostility as they have been for last 30 years or so...this struggle for money and power in a nation as ours has raised its ugly head and sadly will stay until as all authoritarian countries do, we are headed to hell on earth. The story of the human heart that is all about self.
I think it’s fair to distinguish and separate Bush Sr from W. W was way more hawkish and neoconservative than his father.
Two competed and supported each other and were put into comparison
They debated and George W Bush became Reagan’s VP
@@ursulapaciullo7100
Some say their administration was best known for decreasing spending on domestic and social programs .Do you see that Reagan really advanced or introduced the truly improved domestic policies or see any other trends in their terms in office ?
@@perfectmysterious1155 I am not commenting on their politics, just that they were gentlemen
@@mismakabel2119 yes I know that but before all that they debated against each other for Presidency
@@mismakabel2119 ok 👍
Anyone tired of being told by a moderator to keep your voices of pro American self sufficiency & such a man running for such an office to be quiet & no form of athusiasm of the people sharing the person of choice!! Let the peoples voices be heard & agree on America's choice. Stop the mediators from dictating HIS own agenda & personal opinion of who he favors!
America will never give birth again. These two leaders, in every sense of the word,... Rest in peace, heroes. You served the world, not America, and today the world misses you.
We must bring ‘em back
Greate Regan
How far we have fallen.
Howard K. Smith is a CLASS ACT. We won't ever see his type anymore; gentlemanly, well-spoken. A conservative man who played fair.
I heard everyone was oppressed, repressed and suppressed BEFORE Joey B. made the Presidency, yet there are clearly many would-be victim groups healthy and importantly engaged in this debate from 1980!
The Great Communicator is on full display in this debate. No one else like him so far in our lifetimes.
The League of women voters did a great job setting up these debates, and such professionalism, Howard K Smith, I think he was from the Golden Age of TV journalism, along with Walter Cronkite, Chet Huntley, David Brinkley, Harry Reasoner, etc. And others, Im from the Generation that grew up watching those guys, today's TV News Anchors aren't of the same caliber. But they aren't totally bad eirher
Instead of raising interest rates on debt to arrest inflation it would be better to raise interest on bank deposits.
If merchants/employers earned higher interest on their savings they would be better prepaired to resist passing along price increases to their customers.
Consumers earning higher interest on their savings would save more for major purchases instead of taking on debt, increased savings would lead greater investment in the economy because rising savings would facilitate greater lending.
Greater lending supported with larger down payments on loans would lead to higher economic growth with a lower debt burden.
Keeping debt under control by raising interest on savings instead of raising interest on debt which slows economic growth which would cause a resession.
George H W Bush was pictured outside the Texas School Book Depository building in Dealey Plaza, Dallas on 22 November 1963.
Look at when George Bush said Kennedy and paused when he said Johnson and being in Texas for this debate. Did memories of his participation of the assassination of Kennedy make him hesistant to say the name Johnson
Very good debate. Reagan set up Bush to win the election, but his policies set up Bush for failure. The "no new taxes" thing didn't help either
Reagan was the best president America had. Three terms - two of his and one of bush speaks for his achievements
Read my lips no new taxes.
That's still 8 years away...
There's no doubt in my mind that carter will live to be at least 100. Adam's, Bush Reagan and ford came close however.
What the heck is going on here?? The candidates are debating each other directly and allowing each other to finish their sentences and thoughts. Ridiculous!!
Both future presidents were criticizing their former president, but their former president is the one still alive this day.
So what?
@@SouL1Jacker Just found how long Carter has lived after his presidency.
Yuan Wu so Carter is just a loser, can not stay at White House in two terms and live the rest of whole life as a loser
What has that have to do with anything? A life well lived is better than long life.
Can an American here tell me what the organisation HEW is?
Dept of Health, Education and Welfare. It became two departments under Carter, probably mere months before this debate happened
I miss the late 80’s & early 90’s Life is just so simple and easy back then you didn’t have to worry about all this bullshit we deal with today👌💯🇺🇸
Poppy was thinking how he can terminate Ronnie with extreme prejudice. He had experience with JFK, RFK and JFK jr.
The human and intellectual quality of those 2! They went from a partisan debate to be both of them Presidents. Pure admiration to this greats gentleman! R.I.P. Mr. Reagan & Mr. Bush
We must bring them back for proper American politics!
Bush's forecast was 100% accurate, by the way. Reagan's plan did in fact explode the deficit and set a grim precedent of cutting taxes and failing to fund the government.
Just starting 2024 with this masterpiece
We used to have intelligent people on leadership.
2 of the finest men ever to have walked this earth!
Dissatisfied
Super!!!!